أَصْدَرُ
Root: صدر
Full Definition
def.2 الأَصْدَرَانِ Two veins that beat, or pulse, beneath the temples: or the two sides of a man: or the two shoulder-joints: the word has no singular. [Hence the saying,] جَآءَ يَضْرِبُ أَصْدَرَيْهِ; and some say أَسْدَرَيْهِ [q. v.], and this is the original; and some, أَزْدَرَيْهِ; a prov.; meaning He came beating [with his hand] his two sides, or his two shoulderjoints: i. e. he came empty [-handed]; not having accomplished the object of his desire: or he came exulting, or behaving insolently, not knowing where were his أَصْدَرَانِ: so accord. to Yoo: and some say, جَآءَ بَضْرِبُ بِأَصْدَرَيْهِ.
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